Dairy Programs assists the dairy industry by providing stability and orderliness in the dairy marketplace, while at the same time assuring the availability of an adequate supply of high-quality milk and dairy products for U.S. consumption.

On February 5, 2015, USDA received a formal hearing request from three California milk cooperatives
to establish a Federal milk marketing order for the State of California. After conducting an internal
analysis of the proposal, USDA will decide whether a hearing will be held. USDA is also requesting additional proposals regarding a potential
Federal milk order for California. Additional proposals must be received by April 10, 2015.

Minutes before the National Football League (NFL) teams of Super Bowl XLIX took the field,
a middle school student from Orlando, Fla., had the honor of handing the game ball to an NFL official for the kickoff.
But Bobby did much more than hand off that football. As this year's NFL Play 60 "Super Kid," the 12-year-old boy helped
to inspire students across America to exercise daily and eat healthier foods. He accomplished this feat through his relentless
work with the Fuel Up to Play 60 (FUTP60) program, an outreach and education initiative founded by the National Dairy Council and the NFL,
in collaboration with USDA.

U.S. agricultural exports continue to be a bright spot for America's economy, worth a record
$152.5 billion in fiscal year 2014. That's why USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and its sister agencies work so
hard to keep these export markets open. So in 2011, when Morocco requested that USDA use a new dairy export certificate that
we could not endorse, we launched into action. Our goal was to protect an export market worth $126 million annually while preserving
our close relationship with a valued trading partner.

AMS issued 37 percent more dairy export certificates this year, thanks to new programs developed with countries that import U.S. dairy products. In 2012, AMS issued dairy export certificates for goods going to more than 100 different countries, supporting the export of nearly 3.3 billion pounds of dairy products valued at more than $4.1 billion.

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>>>Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-D) -- USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) administers the new Margin Protection Program for Dairy, which offers
dairy producers different levels of margin protection, and the Dairy Product Donation Program, which purchases dairy products for donation in times of exceptionally low operating margins. You can find information about both programs, including the prices and formulas used to calculate the milk-feed margin at FSA's MPP-D website.